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When reason is lost …

Posted by N10452

What we have witnessed in the past three years is a gradual loss of reason, rationality & common sense among the Lebanese people.

A simple overview of the events that occured during this period show us that Lebanon’s mere existence & continuity is becoming more and more a big question mark and yesterday’s events were honestly disturbing to watch to say the least, but surprisingly, a large group of Lebanese were ecstatic about it and for reasons that violate any sense of rationality or common sense.

And what i am talking about is not related at all to politics, but to simple issues that we endure in our everyday’s life.

Regardless of all political affiliations, any rational person can simply sit and watch the consequences of his acts and they ended up maximizing his satisfaction and his family’s and his country’s as well.

Lebanon has two neighbors, Israel & Syria. Israel left Lebanon in 2001 ( Shebaa farms is a highly disputable issue) and Syria left it in 2005 ( Also questionable since it is still present in the Bekaa).

Lebanon is split into two groups, M14 & M8, and the bigger difference btw them is their competency ( am not talking political differences here). M8 is led by a very well financed and organized militia and M14 are still recovering from years of political bankrupcy under the Syrian hegemony.

However, competency is not necessarily a positive thing when its aim is a harmful and destructive one, and here lies the irrationality of many M8 members who will blindly support any decision as long as it isnt made by M14 regardless of its consequences on themselves and their compatriots.

- How can you explain a war whose results destroyed Lebanon and got it back 15 years behind ? and blaming it on others is one lame excuse since it takes two to tango and whomeve gets the blame is irrelevant since war is always losing for everyone. ( except destruction seekers & blood bath lovers ).

- How can you be ok with hundreds of thousands of young promising Lebanese leaving the country because of this war ? and not even bother to realize the damage done ( except if that is ur ultimate aim).

- How can you not reconsider invading Beirut’s downtown and ruining the businesses of hundreds of families ? What if it was you who had that business ? ( except if you have no ambition for a prosperous life or a life at all and want to stay dependant on others).

- How can you defend a decision to invade cities and spread fear & terror among your Lebanese brothers & sisters ? ( except if you only care about yourself).

I will not continue the list, but finally i wish to add one point:

- How can you cheer a criminal after the civil war you endured and the atrocities you witnessed from those same politicians ruling now ? ( most of them at least) What possible reason can drive you to welcome with such warmth a lebanese who fought with Palestinians ( who *****ed up your country) and who ended up destroying a family by killing 2 of its members and causing the death of a third member ( 2 year old kid)

I am again talking common sense and not politics, and to confirm all the above, here is a quote from what that criminal said today ..

القنطار: من يعتقد أنه بتحرير مزارع شبعا أو الأراضي اللبنانية يستطيع أن ينهي الصراع مع إسرائيل فهو واهم ، لوتركناهم لن يتركونا وهدف سلاح المقاومة هو شبعا وما بعد شبعا وما بعد شبعا

The man you are cheering wants to drag us into an endless fight with Israel. Now how can any father or mother or husband or hard working employee or succesfull student read such a statement and not see it wrong ?

Someone enters your house, you welcome him, next thing he wants to mess up your life and you are just fine with it ??

It may be the political tensions, or a major depression hitting this Lebanese people, but to me it is far more than that, it is the Lebanese ego and twisted mentality that Lebanese are so proud of that ended up messing their brains and the outcome is one pile of human beings behaving like primitives in a cave.

We have a **** up economy, half of our youth left, our country is polluted, we only live to eat & party & arguil & smoke, and whomever is left in this rotten country thinks he knows all about politics and cant be bothered.

Now i will be expecting major ignorant replies as soon as i post, but they will provide a strong proof for all i wrote, so its good enough for me.

Cheers

Filed under: Editorials, Lebanon, Political
Posted by N10452 on 07.17.08 @ 11:06 pm |

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10 Comments. Add your own...

1. Elie.F | July 17th, 2008 at 11:33 pm

N,
Those are very good and logic questions.

The best thing before we answer any of them is to wait for the bayen el wizari to c if the people we trusted have learned anything from the mistakes they did and made us suffered these whole 3 years.
After this very warm welcome from NADER EL HARIRI and Walid Jumblat and especially George 3idwen,i’m not expecting much than another failure.
2. Mickel | July 17th, 2008 at 11:42 pm

The last thing you said is most correct. It’s too late now, and the Lebanese are as stubborn as mules.
3. Rodge | July 17th, 2008 at 11:46 pm

N,

Well said and analyzed. It is clear that it came from the bottom of ur heart and it also represents a disappointing and miserable truth.

I read many comments in the last few posts in here, and they came from different background. although they are different in contents, but they include a big disappointment and anger for the bad situation and the hypocrisy and malice.

What we have in Lebanon is only a bunch of hypocrits not politicians, a bunch of traitors and other countries followers. One day they are cursing each others, the next day they become best friends, and why??? it’s because the major countries (US - Iran -Syria - Saudi Arabia - Israel - France etc…) told them to do so.

Don’t blame anyone, I mean any leader or politician, because they were asked, or let me say ordered to do that, just blame urself because you (the Lebanese people) helped them to become ur so called leaders, because you considered each of them as a holy prophet or God, and you were ready to do whatever they want you to do, you were blind followers, of course I’m talking about most of the people not all of them.
In order to become a great nation, we should start by blaming our politicians, by putting them under accounting, by holding them responsible for what they did, by making them work under a certain liability.

I’m a March 14 partisan, for their objectives and opinions, not for their persons, and despite all the mistakes they have done, I still respect most of them.

In return, I want to congratulate the March 8 people for their smart politicians, but I will keep on stressing that I don’t respect any of them abd I’m still convinced that they are wrong.

What I want to say, and as N10452 described it, the Lebanese ego, we should leave it behind and we shall do the following:
We should hold on to our thoughts and ideas and opinions, and cheer only the politicians that are on the same wave, but if they change we will leave them. It is not wrong to recognize that a politician we loved once was wrong or made a huge mistake, what is wrong is to follow him just for the ego inside of us, we should be trully civilized and never change for the sake of anyone, so I urge all of you guys and girls in here, please be rational and give everyone his right while being opened to everybody else.

Finally, I don’t always agree with N10452, mainly in some of his criticism for the LF politics, but I wish for all to be like him and speak their true minds and criticize the politicians they support, because many of you are stuck to their leaders and tend to worship them. Please be urself, not a mirror or a reflection or a politician.
4. LFFE | July 18th, 2008 at 1:43 am

those are the questions that most of us rational lebanese are thinking… u just expressed them. thank u N, once again thumbs up for ur post!
5. theFool | July 18th, 2008 at 2:48 am

correction: Israel left Lebanon in 2000 not 2001
6. Nawara Negm | July 18th, 2008 at 3:42 am

باقول لك ايه انت قرفتني في عيشتي
ايه اللي بتقوله ده
والله العظيم تلاتة والله العظيم تلاتة والله العظيم تلاتة كمان مرة اولمرت يتكسف يقول اللي بتقوله ده
انت لبناني؟ انت لبناني؟
يا عم ما تهاجر امريكا وخد الجنسية واخلع مننا خالص
احنا اصلنا ناس فقر
خليك مع الناس الخواجات الشيك وهناك ح تلاقي صهاينة كتير تصاحبهم
يا ساتر اعوذ بالله
وانا راخرة ايه اللي بيدخلني عندك
ما غبية انا كمان غاوية احرق دمي؟
7. INCO | July 18th, 2008 at 10:05 am

N
this is ur best post so far… at least those that i’ve read…
8. Battal_ Agha@msn.com | July 18th, 2008 at 8:10 pm

Again and again, tous des vendus. Your comments are very much to the point… It is unfortunate to see our leaders crawling at the feet of Zibballah…
9. Rodge | July 18th, 2008 at 11:47 pm

N,

It’s been more than 24 hours now and my comment is still awaiting moderation.

Is there any problem in the system??
10. Ibn Lebnen | July 23rd, 2008 at 9:37 pm

“We have a **** up economy, half of our youth left, our country is polluted, we only live to eat & party & arguil & smoke, and whomever is left in this rotten country thinks he knows all about politics and cant be bothered.”

Well said N..